Agenda item


22 Sheep Street, Bicester

Decision:

Approved, subject to various requirements to be set out in the Minutes

Minutes:

The Committee considered application 16/01906/F for the change of use and alterations to a redundant storage barn and outbuilding to form 4 No. single bed flat units at 22 Sheep Street, Bicester for Grange Farm.

 

Councillor Gaul addressed the committee as Ward Member.

 

Councillor Mould proposed that application 16/01906/F be refused on the grounds of overdevelopment to the area and concerns over parking and access. Councillor Pratt seconded the proposal. The motion was duly voted on and subsequently fell.

 

Councillor Clarke proposed that application 16/01906/F be approved. Councillor Corkin seconded the proposal.

 

In reaching their decision, the Committee considered the officers’ report, presentation and written update and the address of the Ward Member.

 

Resolved

 

That application 16/01906/F be approved, subject to the following conditions:

 

1.               The development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

 

2.               Except where otherwise stipulated by condition, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: Application forms, drawing numbers “6122.ROADSIDE.02A” and the Design and Access Statement dated September 2016.

 

3.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the slate to be used in the construction of the external roof of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

 

4.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the timber boarding to be used in the construction of the external walls of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the samples so approved.

 

5.               The windows and doors shall be constructed from timber and details, at a scale of 1:20 including a cross section and colour/finish, shall be submitted to and approved in writing to the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter.

 

6.               Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, including any demolition and any works of site clearance, a full mitigation strategy which is informed by a survey for swifts and other nesting birds carried out by a qualified ecologist, and which shall include details of the location and design of alternative nest sites to be provided and timing of works, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, and prior to the first occupation of the development, the alternative nesting sites shall be provided in accordance with the approved document.

 

7.               No works to, or demolition of, buildings or structures that may be used by breeding birds, shall take place between the 1st March and 31st August inclusive, unless the Local Planning Authority has confirmed in writing that such works can proceed, based on the submission of a recent survey (no older than one month) that has been undertaken by a competent ecologist to assess the nesting bird activity on site, together with details of measures to protect the nesting bird interest on the site during development.

 

8.               Prior to the first use or occupation of the development hereby permitted the covered cycle parking facilities shown on the approved plans shall be provided, and shall be permanently retained and maintained for the parking of cycles in connection with the development thereafter.

 

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